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Surname: Beach, Allen, Crouch, House
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Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pg.
735
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1888
JOSIAH N. BEACH, a prosperous and enterprising citizen of Randolph Township,
was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, April 1, 1840, a son of Nathan
Beach, who was a native of Adams County, Ohio. He was a prominent pioneer
of Montgomery County, Indiana, entering 520 acres of land there in 1828,
and becoming a resident of the county in 1831, where he lived until his
death. Our subject was brought up amid the wild surroundings of pioneer
life in his native county. In his youth he has caught many deer with snare,
and also trapped many wild turkeys, as late as the year 1863. His father
being a farmer he was reared to the same vocation, and his education was
received in the common schools and at Wesley Academy. He has dealt quite
extensively in stock, buying and shipping from his eighteenth year until
the year 1877. He was united in marriage February 2, 1870, to MISS ELLEN
TRACY HOUSE, a daughter of G.W. HOUSE, a resident of Randolph Township.
She died October 15, 1873, leaving one daughter, MARY E., who is at present
a student at DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana. MR. BEACH was again
married in the fall of 1874 to MARY E. CROUCH, who died in 1880, leaving
at her death a son named GARFIELD N. He was married to his present wife,
whose maiden name was ELVA ALLEN, November 17, 1881. Her father, JOHN ALLEN,
lives in Randolph Township. To this union three children have been born,
namedARTHUR, EMERSON and ESTELLA L.
MR. BEACH came to Tippecanoe County in 1870, and since 1877 has resided
on his farm on section 31, Randolph Township, where he has 252 acres of
choice land. His fine substantial residence was erected in 1878, and the
following year he built his present commodious barn, his building improvements
being among the best in his neighborhood. He is a member of the Odd Fellows
order. In his religious faith he is a Methodist, being a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Romney.